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American Civil War
As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States, who advocated for states' rights to expand slavery. -
Homestead Act
Allowing any American citizen, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. and after 5 years the land is yours. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
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Reconstruction
Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship, and Constitutional equality for African Americans. -
14th Amendment
The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local government officials from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without legislative authorization. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
To transport goods and send immigrants to the other side of the U.S -
15th Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" -
Industrialization Begins to Boom
Child labor low rate of money and little respect to workers. -
Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office -
Reconstruction Ends
The republicans had given up their fight and later Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south and that's when the reconstruction ends. -
Jim Crow Laws Start in South
That enforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950s. -
Light Bulb Invented
was not “invented” in the traditional sense in 1879 by Thomas Edison, although he could be said to have created the first commercial light. -
Pendleton Act
Positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
Dawes Act
A way for some Indians to become U.S. citizens. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopoly's practices. -
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Gilded Age
The growth of cities gave rise to powerful political machines, stimulated the economy, and gave birth to an American middle class. -
Chicago's Hull House
Was a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts/Monopoly's. -
How the Other Half Live's
Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. -
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Progressive Era
Eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
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Imperialism
Extending a country's power (diplomacy or military force) -
Homestead Steel Labor Strike
Steel workers struck the Carnegie steel company to protest low wage cut -
Pullman Labor Strike
Pullman Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
Annexation of Hawaii
Independent republic- Dole became its first governor. -
Spanish-American War
Internal explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba. -
Open Door Policy
Proposed to keep china to trade with all countries on an equal basis -
Assassination of President McKinley
Was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. He was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot him twice in the abdomen. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist, who served as the 26th President of the United States. Republican party -
Wright Brother’s Airplane
Were two American aviators, engineers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. -
Panamal Canal U.S Construction begins
Transports goods- thousand of workers died. -
The Jungle
Portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. -
Pure food and Drug Act
Its main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products. -
Model-T
The Model T was an automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. -
NAACP
Social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. One of the founders were W.E.B Du Bois. -
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William Howard Taft
Served as the 27th President of the United States and as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, Republican Party -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes -
Federal Reserve Act
Charge of Monetary Policy -
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Woodrow Wilson
Was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States. Democratic party -
17th Amendment
The election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
Which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. -
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World War 1
A global war originating in Europe -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe,a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania -
National Park System
Manages all national parks/monuments etc. -
Zimmerman Telegram
German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Russian Revolution
A pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
U.S. entry into WWI
Wilson then asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. -
18th Amendment
Banned of alcohol and drugs. -
19th Amendment
The women's suffarage (right to vote). -
President Harding's Return to Normalcy
A return to the way of life before World War I. -
Harlem Renaissance
"New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. -
Red Scare
Promotion, real and imagined, of widespread fear and government paranoia by a society or state, about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism -
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Roaring Twenties
It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Western Europe -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
dictatorship -
Scopes "Monkey" Trial
was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
Mein Kampf published
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler -
Charles Lindbergh's Trans-Atlantic Flight
Total flight time: 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds. Charles Lindbergh had not slept in 55 hours -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Name given to the 1929 murder in Chicago of seven men of the North Side gang during the Prohibition Era -
Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
Stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors -
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Great Depression
A severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States -
Hoovervilles
A shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States of America during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
An act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley. Raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods. -
100,000 Banks Have Failed
Selling and collecting the assets of the failed bank and settling its debts, including claims for deposits in excess of the insured limit. -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the promotion of sound banking practices. -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, improving public welfare -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
The incumbent President, Paul von Hindenburg, first elected in 1925, was re-elected to a second seven-year term of office. His major opponent in the election was Adolf Hitler of the Under this political climate, Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
An American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
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New Deals Programs
Was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression. -
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The Holocaust
Was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe -
Dust Bowl
Area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion (caused by windstorms) in the early 1930s, which obliged many people to move. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income. -
Rape of Nanjing
Mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing -
Kristallnacht
Was a program against Jews throughout Nazi Germany -
Hitler invades Poland
Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
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Was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier -
German Blitzkrieg attacks
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory -
Tuskegee Airmen
Is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. -
Navajo Code Talkers
Strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their standard communications units. -
Executive Order 9066
United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. -
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
First day of a military attack, especially the American and British invasion of German-occupied France during World War II -
GI Bill
Provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a populated area. -
Victory over Japan/Pacific (VJ/VP) Day
Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war -
Victory in Europe (VE) Day
mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
United Nations (UN) formed
The United Nations is an international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries -
Germany Divided
A republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany -
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Harry S Truman
A political leader of the twentieth century. Truman was elected vice president under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and became president when Roosevelt died. -
Nuremberg Trials
Were a series of trials held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed during World War II. -
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Baby Boom
A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II. -
Truman Doctrine
US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China
Was a Chinese communist revolutionary, poet, political theorist and founding father of the People's Republic of China -
22nd Amendment
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The Cold War
Tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc -
Marshall Plan
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
Was fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states over the control of Palestine, forming the second stage of the 1948 Palestine war. -
NATO formed
Comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression. -
Kim ||- Sung invades South Korea
Ruler of North Korea. -
UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River-the border with China
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Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
As a war undeclared by all participants, the conflict helped bring the term "police action" into common use. -
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Korean War
A war between North Korea and South Korea -
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1950's Prosperity
The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950s. ... Inflation, which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after World War I -
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
The couple were accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Armistice Signed
First World War between the Allies and Germany -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
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Warren Court
The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice. -
Hernandez v. Texas
the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period -
Brown v. Board of Education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in Vietnam
independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ/ -
Warsaw Pact formed
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
Polio Vaccine
by causing your body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against the virus that causes polio. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
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Vietnam War
Was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
Interstate Highway Act
One of the stated purposes was to provide access in order to defend the United States during an attack. -
Elvis Presley First Hit Song
On January 27, 1956, the first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel" b/w "I Was the One" was released, giving Elvis a nationwide breakthrough. -
Sputnik I
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957 -
Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV
An all-American show about suburban family life -
Little Rock Nine
Was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debates in American history. -
Chicano Mural Movement Begins
Extending the Mexican-American civil rights movement of the 1960s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961 -
Peace Corps Formed
On September 22, 1961, Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would “promote world peace and friendship” through three goals -
Mapp v. Ohio
Was a landmark case in criminal procedure, in which the United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures, -
Affirmative Action
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination. -
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Ronald Reagan
An American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. -
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John F. Kennedy
was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war. -
Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. The Walton family owns 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales. -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
a city park in the West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 -
The Feminine Mystique
A book written by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, -
Gideon v. Wainwright
a fundamental right applied to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution's due process clause, and requires that indigent criminal defendants be provided counsel at trial. -
George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
Stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood.[ -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
Escobedo v. Illinois
was a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
24th Amendment
the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
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The Great Society
domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Malcom X Assassinated
To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
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Miranda v. Arizona
The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination requires law enforcement officials to advise a suspect interrogated in custody of his or her rights to remain silent and to obtain an attorney. -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court (1967)
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Six Day War
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Tet Offensive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. -
My Lai Massacre
A mass killing of helpless inhabitants of a village in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, carried out in 1968 by United States troops under the command of Lieutenant William Calley. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
Vietnamization
US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. -
Woodstock Music Festival (1969)
was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. -
Draft Lottery
December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. -
Apollo 11
launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. -
Manson Family Murders
The Tate murders were a series of killings conducted by members of the Manson Family on August 8–9, 1969, which claimed the lives of five people, one of them pregnant -
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Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so. -
Invasion of Cambodia
The Cambodian Campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam -
Kent state shooting
On May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA is an agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. -
Pentagon Papers
was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the First Amendment. -
Policy of Détente Begins
The name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist party -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older to vote -
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Jimmy Carter
An American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States -
Title IX
Be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. -
Nixon Visits China
was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China. -
Watergate Scandal
In June 1972, burglars in the pay of Nixon's campaign committee broke into offices of the Democratic party. -
War Powers Resolution
A federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court case that held that the Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus. -
Engaged Species Act
Provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. -
OPEC Oil Embargo
Arab oil producers declared an embargo that drastically limited the shipment of oil to the United States. -
First Cell-Phones
first handheld cellular mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing c. 4.4 lbs -
Ford Pardons Nixon
President Gerald Ford, which granted his predecessor Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president. -
United States v. Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court recognized the doctrine of Executive Privilege but held that it could not prevent the disclosure of materials needed for a criminal prosecution. -
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Gerald Ford
Was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. -
Fall of Saigon
Was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam -
Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows. -
National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights.
Founded in 1871, the group has informed its members about firearm-related bills since 1934, and it has directly lobbied for and against legislation since 1975 -
Steve Jobs Starts Apple
the 20-year-old Jobs and Wozniak set up shop in Jobs' parents' garage, dubbed the venture Apple, and began working on the prototype of the Apple I. -
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
the intention of encouraging depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of surrounding communities (particularly low and moderate income neighborhoods). -
Camp David Accords
a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter: signed in 1979 -
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
the treaty led both Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin to share the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing peace between the two states. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days -
Conservative Resurgence
It was achieved by the systematic election, beginning in 1979, of conservative individuals to lead the Southern Baptist Convention. -
“Trickle Down Economics”
These benefits are usually tax cuts on businesses, high-income earners, capital gains, and dividends. Trickle-down economics assumes investors, savers, and company owners are the real drivers of growth. -
War on Drugs
is an American term usually applied to the U.S. federal government's campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trad -
AIDS Epidemic
the name of the fatal clinical condition that results from infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which progressively damages the body's ability to protect itself from disease organisms. -
Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Marines in Lebanon
Built a powerful private army, which proved to be one of the strongest in the Lebanese Civil War of 1975 to 1990. It conquered much of Mount Lebanon and the Chouf District. Its main adversaries were the Maronite Christian Phalangist militia, and later the Lebanese Forces militia -
Iran-Contra Affair
A scandal in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, which came to light when it was revealed that in the mid-1980s the United States secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of Iranian assistance in securing the release of Americans held hostage in Lebanon. -
The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
Is an American syndicated tabloid talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986 to May 25, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Produced and hosted by its namesake, Oprah Winfrey, it remains the highest-rated daytime talk show in American television history. -
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
is a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. -
End of Cold War
When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. A dedicated reformer, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR. -
Berlin Wall Falls
the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. ... East and West Berliners flocked to the wall, drinking beer and champagne and chanting “Tor auf!” (“Open the gate!”). -
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George H. W. Bush
An American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States -
Germany Reunification
The two parts of Germany. After the Second World War, Germany had been divided into two countries. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
was a 2-day operation conducted by Iraq against the neighboring state of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of the country. ... The State of Kuwait was annexed, and Saddam Hussein announced a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq. -
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Persian Gulf War
International conflict that was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. ... Egypt and several other Arab nations joined the anti-Iraq coalition and contributed forces to the military buildup, known as Operation Desert Shield. -
Soviet Union Collapses
A stunning series of events between 1989 and 1991 that led to the fall of communist regimes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. -
Operation Desert Storm
was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
Ms. Adcox Born
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Rodney King
was an African-American taxi driver who became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers beating him during his arrest on March 3, 1991. -
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Bill Clinton
who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. A member of the Democratic Party. -
NAFTA Founded
order to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
Contract with America
a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. -
NAFTA Founded
an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and entered into force on 1 January 1994 in order to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century"
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Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term. -
9/11
were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 -
War on Terror
Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 -
USA Patriot Act
With its ten-letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) expanded, the full title is “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” -
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George W. Bush
Bush led the United States' response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and initiated the Iraq War. Before his presidency, Bush was a businessman and served as governor of Texas. -
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War in Afghanistan
The U.S. in their 2001 invasion was supported initially by the United Kingdom and Canada and later by a coalition of over 40 countries, including all NATO members -
My Birthday
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NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. -
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Iraq War
A protracted military conflict in Iraq that began in 2003 with an attack by a coalition of forces led by the United States and that resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime. US combat troops were withdrawn in 2010 -
Facebook Launched
It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin -
Hurricane Katrina
was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. An estimated 1,833 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005, and millions of others were left homeless along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. -
Saddam Hussein Executed
was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him. -
Iphone Released
The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and there have been multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases since. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice David Souter. Her nomination was confirmed by the Senate in August 2009 by a vote of 68–31 -
Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the Foreign policy of Barack Obama. She was preceded in office by Condoleezza Rice, and succeeded by John Kerry. -
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Barack Obama
He was the first African American to be elected to the presidency, and was re-elected in 2012 for a second term. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. -
Arab Spring
a series of antigovernment uprisings affecting Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East beginning in 2010. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The notorious, 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda, the terrorist network of Islamic extremists, had been the target of a nearly decade-long international manhunt. -
Space X Falcon 9
a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, designed and manufactured by SpaceX. -
Donald Trump Elected President
Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated sixteen opponents in the primaries.
